Vote for the best album from NME's Top 50 of the last decade (as an afterthought, once we have all learned some valuable lessons about sexual and racial bias in modern music media)

QotSA, Jay-Z or Dizzee. (Secretly I will vote for Sufjan tho.)

I own far too many of these on CD (22). And most of the rest of them got illegally downloaded and now sit forgotten on some deep dark corner of a hard drive somewhere.

Would probably rate Echoes as my favourite, have listened to Turn On The Bright Lights the most and would never have included number 39 on any list ever, aside from a list of stuff to be burnt in a fire.

poor poor poor CSS!!!

Not white enough, obv.

I have owned 17 of these at some time or another (mostly within the last 10 years). Currently own the White Stripes records, Speakerboxx/TLB and Arular. So it's probably one of those, right?

Sorry, I meant "Not 'guitar-led rock act enough', obv".

Could have easily voted for Blueprint/Lovebelow-speakerhboxx/arular/turn on the bright lights/since i left you/kid a/original pirate material, but went for Silent Alarm.

I quite like the majority of those albums, wouldn't place them as the top 50 of a decade, but like them nonetheless.

Tough choice between The Strokes, The Libertines, Primal Scream, The Arctic Monkeys, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, PJ Harvey, Arcade Fire, Interpol, Radiohead, At The Drive-In, The Shins, The White Stripes, Blur, The Coral, Klaxons, The Rapture, Super Furry Animals, Elbow, Grandaddy, Babyshambles, Spirtualized, Bloc Party, Ryan Adams, Wild Beasts, Vampire Weekend, Wilco, Avalanches, The Delgados, Walkmen and Muse.

two-horse race for me - either QOTSA or ATDI.

they really soured on silent alarm huh

Oh yeah, plus The Knife. Haven't listened to QOTSA in forever, for no good reason, so maybe that one too.

I guess it is pretty interesting how many of these are from like 2000-2002 - I have no idea how this list was voted on, or who by (I didn't know it existed until a few hours ago) but one thing you can't say is that it's been tailored to the readers' tastes when a lot of this stuff will've come out before a lot of them started listening to music

At the Drive-In or Jay. Not exactly two albums I would let eye each other from across the ring because one is built perfect and the other is made of barbed wire.

13. The Shins - Wincing The Night Away

this is the most baffling one to me? of all the american indie rock albums for them to latch on to... this one sold a bunch of copies but it wasn't really influential or noteworthy musically and i doubt anyone is listening to it anymore - and they don't even rate 'chutes too narrow' - just weird

also not sure how you can think 'is this it?' is the best album of the decade but think that elbow or babyshambles or crystal castles is better than 'room on fire'...

there's like 10 decent-to-really-pretty-good records here o_O

anyway you all know who i'm voting for.

winehouse?

2. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
4. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

nme lol

xtrmntr

I still love this album, gets my vote.

TWO Arcade Fire albums, huh.

Interpol

Avalanches - Since I Left You

Haha, this didn't even get in their 2001 list.

they really soured on silent alarm huh

Not as much as they soured on Oracular Spectacular, seemingly. Actually, no Flaming Lips, Animal Collective or MGMT is a good thing. And presumably someone's PR forced them at gunpoint to put the Crystal Castles record in there.

A distinct lack of Daft Punk.

The Guardian piece on this says:

NME editor Krissi Murison said: "This is the definitive word on the greatest albums of the noughties - as voted for by everyone who helped make music brilliant this decade."

it is ok, ilx's army of one-eyed devout electroheads will just have to vote knife or avalanches xp

dunno that it's "the best" but the album i'd choose to listen to right now from this list is the elbow one

in every nme list ever - 80% indieish rock, 10% indieish dance, 10% tokenism

^that was my 2nd-choice, along with wilco and wild beasts...what people don't seem to realise about elbow is that UNTIL the album that won them the mercury they were really rather superb

xp

surprised to see i own 21 of these.. and probably haven't listened to 80% of those since the year after they came out

And presumably someone's PR forced them at gunpoint to put the Crystal Castles record in there.

Sure you could say the same about Wild Beasts.

except that's a really good record, possibly the best of 2009

definitely the best within NME's limited ken

only 1 2009 album? does that mean Wild Beasts will be the NME album of 2009 and not Animal Collective?

Primal Scream - xtrmntr (is the earliest album of the decade on the list)

It came out in January 2000, it's one of the earliest albums of the decade full stop.

The one I rate the highest on here is Boy In Da Corner but there are a fair few I like, although the one I have the most hankering to listen to right now is the Johnny Cash record.

So basically this is a list of albums voted for by the people who made these albums?

I voted BIDC just now.

I was a hueg and loud advocate of Xtrmntr and its ~~groundbreaking rock'n'roll insurrection~~ at the time so kinda scared to listen to it now :/

it's aged alright imo

xtrmntr sounds a bit tame atm, and yeah I absolutely *adored* it a few years ago

shoot speed kill light and the first two tracks still bring it

3 xp The winning album was chosen by a panel of more than 100 music industry figures, including bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Radiohead, Glasvegas, Paul Weller, Robert Smith, Vampire Weekend, as well as producers, festival bookers, label owners and NME staff past and present. - I'm gonna take a crazy guess that they were given a longlist to pick from rather than just anything they fancied

'when the kingdom comes' from the accelerator single is my fave primals from that period xpost

haha! in 2005, after i first got xtrmntr, accelerator was probably one of my 3 favourite songs...

I'm gonna take a crazy guess that they were given a longlist to pick from rather than just anything they fancied

Yeah the temptation to pick Shipwreck Radio and the Paris Hilton joint wd be undeniable if you were just allowed a free vote.

a longlist of about sixty. I was v disappointed when I found out that was how these things worked

What a croc of ****

Who in the world compiled this list of mostly dog poo?

I am suprised so many fantatic artists and bands have been left off such as the Killers, Kings of Leon. Thank god Bloc Party and Muse made it onto the list at least the add a little bit of credibility.

Hmmm dream on NME.

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Is that from the murky pond of the NME's "Speak Your Brains" section? Cos I wouldn't be poking around in there.

nah it's from the sky article linked in the opening post

i am pretty surprised that like, uh, the delgados & brendan benson made it in over every KOL album

been re-diggin lapalco lately tbh

I own 39 of these. I'd rep hard for maybe 10. Probably vote XTRMNTR.

weren't they massive proponents of the first two KOL records? were they lukewarm on the super popular new one i guess?

Tbf I like "Halo" better too.

That's a dull list right there but I am glad to see these made it in,

72 The Knife - Heartbeats (2003)
55 The Sleepy Jackson - Good Dancers (2003)
48 Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle (2004)
32 Art Brut - Formed A Band (2004)

Their rap choices are just laughable and pop is barely represented at all.

Four Pete Doherty and just one LCD Soundsystem?

No room for Daft Punk, UGK, Fischerspooner, Junior Senior, Annie, Phoenix, Ted Leo, Portishead or Kanye West?

'Crazy In Love' is hardly an outrageous, unexpected or unjustifiable choice, is it? Or am I just no longer down with the kids? Maybe this is what it felt like repping for 'Another Day in Paradise' back in '99.

the JamTronik version i trust

'Formed A Band' is probably my least favourite song on there, apart from 'Can't Stand Me Now' maybe

No room for UGK ... Ted Leo?

Yeah I was also expecting big placings for people with very little UK profile who the NME gave next to no coverage in the last decade

62 The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres (2004)

isn't this from 2007?

No.

Although apparently it was reissued in 2007, so there you go.

The NME did a shocking job of deciding which years the traacks came out on their website. Sometimes it was when the single came out the year before parent album, sometimes when it was released on the album and sometimes when it was released a year after the album. Or sometimes they just got it wrong. ('Crazy' 2007). I've corrected them all to first original release unless like in MGMT and Doves case they were reworked greatly.

yeah i like the implication above that the remix of The Gossip came before the original. also no Simian credit for 'We Are Your Friends' which was orig. 2003?

Yeah I was also expecting big placings for people with very little UK profile who the NME gave next to no coverage in the last decade

They didn't ever write about Sebastien Tellier but he made it in the list but yeah I see your point. Maybe one day they will acknowledge Ted Leo and start hyping him up even though they ignored his previous work like they did with Outkast, White Stripes and more recently Animal Collective. As for UGK I was thinking of Int'l Players Anthem and how that just should be in there if they can find room for Empire State Of Mind, I'm not even sure it was released as a single here.

proper results in this poll, good work ilm

You just know when the Mixmag poll comes out it's going to be full of the Strokes and Vampire Weekend.

FTR I am kind of a Ted Leo stan and circa 'Shake The Sheets' I honestly thought the UK might take to him in a big way but whaddayagonnado, if no-one bites then no-one bites

'La Ritournelle' was in NME's '05 singles of the year list iirc

let the laughter begin...

Q magazine - best 100 albums of the 00s

http://bit.ly/8Hzz70

100. Jay-Z - American Gangster
99. The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Behind The Music
98. The Cribs - The New Fellas
97. Weird War - If You Can't Beat 'Em, Bite 'Em
96. Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins
95. The Moldy Peaches - The Moldy Peaches
94. Social Distortion - Sex, Love & Rock 'N' Roll
93. Morrissey - You Are The uarry
92. Republic Of Loose - Aaagh!
91. World Party - Dumbing Up
90. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
89. Grinderman - Grinderman
88. RTX - Transmaniacon
87. Kathleen Edwards - Failer
86. Young Jeezy - Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
85. Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
84. The Fratellis - Costello Music
83. Grace Jones - Hurricane
82. Steven Fretwell - Magic
81. Kanye West - 808 Heartbreak
80. Soul Assassins - Soul Assassins II
79. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
78. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
77. Liars - Drum's Not Dead
76. I Am Kloot - I Am Kloot Play Moolah Rouge
75. Hush Arbor - Yankee Reality
74. Gogol Bordello - Gypsies Punks: Underdog World Strike
73. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
72. Adele - 19
71. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
70. Silversun Pickup - Swoon
69. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
68. Jeffrey Lewis - It's The Ones Who've Cracked
67. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
66. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
65. Peaches - The Teaches Of Peaches
64. Cold War Kids - Robbers & Cowards
63. Joan As Policewoman - To Survive
62. Tony Christie - Made In Sheffield
61. Sleaterkinney - The Woods
60. Tinariwen - The Radio Tisdas Sessions
59. Blur - Think Tank
58. Robert Pollard - ...Is Off To Business
57. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
56. The Knife - Deep Cuts
55. Rufus Wainwright - Want Two
54. My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
53. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
52. The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
51. Coldplay - Parachutes
50. The White Stripes - De Stijl
49. Pearl Jam - Riot Act
48. Bjork - Vespertine
47. Jay -Z - The Black Album
46. Damien Rice - O
45. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
44. Pete Doherty - Grace/Wastelands
43. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
42. Bat For Lashes - Fur & Gold
41. Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
40. The Verve - Forth
39. Justice - Cross
38. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
37. Tom Waits - Alice
36. Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World
35. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
34. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
33. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
32. Anthony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
31. Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark
30. Radiohead - In Rainbows
29. Wilco - Blue Sky Blue
28. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsytem
27. Yeah Yeah Yeah - Fever To Tell
26. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
25. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
24. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
23. Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere
22. Missy Elliott - Under Construction
21. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
20. Justin Timberlake - Justified
19. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
18. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
17. Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
16. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
15. Sigur Ros - ()
14. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs FOr The Deaf
13. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
12. Kasabian - Kasabian
11. The Killers - Sam's Town
10. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
9. Radiohead - Kid A
8. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
7. Green Day - American Idiot
6. Arcdae Fire - Funeral
5. Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
4. The White Stripes - Elephant
3. Aricic Monkey's - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2. The Strokes - Is This It
1. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

hahahahahahahahahaha oh shit son

like the NME no Franz Ferdinand in the Q list

OMM's list is marginally better:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/29/albums-of-the-decade

100 - 50 actually quite good (other than Fratellis and American Gangstar as the supposed second Jay-Z choice.) Young Jeezy! Liars! Grace Jones!

quite good compared to what i expected anyway, i.e. wow thank god no snow patrol/keane/etc.

who are Sara Watkins, Weird War, Soul Assassins and Ray Lamontagne? i confess i don't read Q or listen to mainstream radio stations like Absolute Radio or Radio 2.

88. RTX - Transmaniacon

^killer album tbh

i expected Q to list razorlight

Probably is *actually* about the 88th best album of the 00s IN MY OPINION xp

13 JAMIE T Panic Prevention

Virgin, 2007

It started with the exclamation "fucking croissant!", sampled Betjeman and ended up as the most vivid portrait of London this decade, thanks to Wimbledon's finest.

^^^^more lol than both nme and q lists imo

ray montague is boring radio 2 acoustic shite. dunno about those others named.

lol @ OMM's #1 choice

Weird War = Ian Svenonius from Nation of Ulysses etc
Soul Assassins - Muggs from Cypress Hill
Ray Lamontagne = AOR songwriter dude ie the sort of thing you'd actually expect to see here

really think i need to figure a way into convincing everyone about the importance of jay-z's dynasty album over every other jay album that wasn't released on 11/09/01

that daily telegraph u2 loving music journo bigged up Jamie T on the mercury prize show - all i heard was generic chav indie

The Q list is actually pretty good.

13. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
12. Kasabian - Kasabian
11. The Killers - Sam's Town

is pretty smh tho and lol pete solo album beating the libertines first album. i know i was a 14 y/o nme reader when up the bracket came out but that shit was classic and dude has steadily got worse year by year and that solo album suckz

We are all posting on the wrong thread btw

Mean spirited of me, but I have to say it does my heart good to see The Strokes getting FUCKING SMEARED!

Your picture may be at the top of all the decade survey features, but you're running equal with the Super Fuckin' Furry Animals on three votes here, you half-arsed, skinny-tie, retro new wave fucks!

Sorry, had to get that off my chest. Arctic Mooks not placed too well either, eh? Hah!

quite good compared to what i expected anyway, i.e. wow thank god no snow patrol/keane/etc.

Yeah - quite a few curveballs, also it's nice to see Young Jeezy, Spoon, My Morning Jacket in there.

The Q list isn't as bad as I thought it would be they seem to have left out almost all the albums that came out on top of their end of year lists including albums by Keane, Muse, Coldplay, Razorlight, Kings Of Leon. It's really odd they didn't have the latest Kasabian album as it was this years number one when they have Pete Doherty which missed out on their list completely. I'm not complaining I would much rather see Grace Jones, My Morning Jacket and The Knife in instead, it just doesn't add up.

Also really funny that in 2006 they felt the need to print a top 100 albums which didn't include Amy Winehouse at all.

Some of the albums they thought were better?

Razorlight – Razorlight
Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
The Kooks – Inside In/Inside Out
Jet – Shine On
Orson – Bright Idea
The Automatic – Not Accepted Anywhere
The Zutons – Tired Of Being Alone
Jack Johnson & Friends – Sing-A-Long And Lullabies..
The Vines – Vision Valley
Meatloaf – Bat Out Of Hell Iii: The Monster Is Loose
Badly Drawn Boy – Born In The Uk

I know Q are the easiest target but that is really the worst list I've ever seen.

These are acts that hardly any typical Q readers will find any value in at all, yet Q acknowledge their importance:

100. Jay-Z - American Gangster
81. Kanye West - 808 Heartbreak
43. 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
22. Missy Elliott - Under Construction
20. Justin Timberlake - Justified
17. Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
8. Jay-Z - The Blueprint

They are indeed generalist, not specialist.

Biggest falls from grace, when compared to the NME's end-of-year lists:

But then.... it has always been NME's policy to hate whatever they loved 5 years ago. They are indeed quite predictable that way.

welcome back geir

Still, true.

But then.... it has always been NME's policy to hate whatever they loved 5 years ago. They are indeed quite predictable that way.

Except that top 50 list suggests the exact opposite

In what way is Alicia Keys not a typical Q artist?

You other seven people who voted for Relationship of Command, you are good and true people.

In what way is Alicia Keys not a typical Q artist?

has she been on the cover? bet that was a low seller

In what way is Alicia Keys not a typical Q artist?

Well, she is a soul/R&B singer for starters.

Might add the actual winner of this list too, but Amy Winehouse still hasn't participated on numerous collaborations with Jay-Z, Beyonce and Justin Timberlake yet, and as such she may have more "credibility" with the typical Q reader. Plus the fact that her style is so obviously 60s/retro.

I would have thought Alicia Keys was just pleasant-but-inoffensive enough to appeal to Q readers and clearly the magazine thought the same when they put her on the cover in 2002.

i think you've misunderstood Winehouse's appeal, Geir - it has less to do with 'credibility' and more to do with her songs having an emotional resonance alongside their instant 'pop' impact, compounded by a 'real life' soap opera that suggests her tales of hard luck and bad boyfriends come from her own experiences. that's why she's a phenomenon, and Duffy isn't, and its got nothing to do with whether she returns phonecalls from Beyonce or not.

also, Alicia Keys' debut album, heavy on the piano and the neo-soul accoutrements, was hardly the kind of R&B geir typically rails against.

Alicia Keys is definitely closer to a "classic" soul style than many of the others here, but she also has those "modern" elements. And to a much larger extent than Amy Winehouse and Duffy do.